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Ua3/1/1 Departmental Reports, Wku President's Office - Cherry

WKU Administration Documents

Reports by various WKU department heads to the president:

• Canon, E.H. Graduates 1924-1929
• Johnson, Lowe. Training School
• Pearce, W.M. Extension Department
• Diddle, E.A. & Carl Anderson. Health Education & Athletics
• Seward, R.H. College Heights Foundation
• Craig, W.J. Personnel Department [Placement Services]
• Yates, Charleen. Library
• Burton, A.C. Rural Demonstration School & Rural Education
• Smith, L.T. Industrial Arts Department
• College Heights Post Office
• College Heights Herald
• Bookstore
• Art Museum
• Kentucky Museum
• Three Hundred Thousand Dollar Campaign
• Taylor, Charles. Agriculture
• Strahm, Franz. Music
• Home Economics
• ROTC
• Hill, Will. All Star & Lecture Program & Publicity
• Woodward, R.C. Grounds
• Hines, J. Porter. Mechanical Department …

Ua30/1/1 Italianate Garden, Wku Planning, Design & Construction

WKU Administration Documents

Plan of the Italianate Garden sponsored by Ogden College graduate Perry Snell in 1929. The drawing is in poor condition and the name of the landscape architect has been torn away. This garden was situated between Snell & Ogden Halls on the old Ogden College campus. The four season statues are now housed in Van Meter Hall.

Ua1c1/101 Panoramic View Of Wku Campus, Western Kentucky University

WKU Administration Documents

Panoramic view of campus left to right, Cherryton, Schneider Hall, Potter Hall, Colonnade and Stadium, Van Meter, Recitation Hall and College High. Original is broken in two pieces. The photo was taken circa 1929.

Field Book Of Western Wildflowers, Margaret Armstrong, J. J. Thornbern, Special Collections, Fleet Library

Landscape Architecture

xx, 596 pages color frontispiece, illustrations, color plates. Curated title for Fleet Library Special Collections book cover exhibition Bound to Please, fall 2022. "With five hundred illustrations in black and white, and forty-eight plates in color drawn from nature by the author." Publisher should be G. P. Putnam's Sons. Includes index. Decorated publisher's binding. Title lettering and cover design by Margaret Armstrong, emboss in gold on red cloth, light-orange on edges. "Eighth printing, August 1926" Armstrong was one of the first women to descend to the bottom of the Grand Canyon. She is credited with discovering new flower species there.

1925-01-10, Morehead State Normal School, Frank Button

Olmsted Brothers Correspondence

President Button acknowledges the receipt of plans and that they will be presented at the next Board of Regents meeting.

1925-01-02, Olmsted Brothers Landscape Architects Company

Olmsted Brothers Correspondence

Letter from Olmsted Brothers to President Button informing him that the finalized plans were sent along with the correspondence. Details of water and sewage systems were discussed along with other suggestions for existing buildings and the construction of others.

1924-12-16, Olmsted Brothers Landscape Architects Company

Olmsted Brothers Correspondence

Olmsted Brothers wrote McHenry Rhoads acknowledging earlier letter was received.

1924-12-06, Mchenry Rhoads

Olmsted Brothers Correspondence

Letter from McHenry Rhoads to Olmsted Brothers stating that preliminary layout plans were accepted but modifications to the placement of buildings may be forthcoming. Sketch on reverse side.

1924-11-29, Mchenry Rhoads

Olmsted Brothers Correspondence

Letter written by the secretary of McHenry Rhoads, Chairman of the Board of Regents, that he was unable to respond to Olmsted Brothers' earlier correspondence until he returned from meeting out of State.

1924-11-25, Olmsted Brothers Landscape Architects Company

Olmsted Brothers Correspondence

Letter written to the chair of the Board of Regents by Olmsted Brothers requesting if the preliminary layout plan was acceptable prior to submitting the final draft.

1924-11-25, Olmsted Brothers Landscape Architects Company

Olmsted Brothers Correspondence

Letter from Olmsted Brothers to Joseph & Joseph noting they were making the proper adjustments to the campus layout plan.

1924-11-21, Joseph & Joseph Architecture Company

Olmsted Brothers Correspondence

Letter from Joseph & Joseph to Olmsted Brothers informing them to complete the plans with the correct location of new classroom building.

1924-11-19, Morehead State Normal School

Olmsted Brothers Correspondence

Letter from President Button remarking that he would bring up concerns over building location with the chairman of the Board of Regents.

1924-11-18, Joseph & Joseph Architecture Company

Olmsted Brothers Correspondence

Letter from Joseph & Joseph to Olmsted Brothers stating that excavation was going smothly and that the elevation sheets were attached.

1924-11-14, Olmsted Brothers Landscape Architects Company

Olmsted Brothers Correspondence

Letter from Olmsted Brothers to President Button acknowledging that construction on the new construction building had begun and that adjustments to the plans would be made.

1924-11-14, Olmsted Brothers Landscape Architects Company

Olmsted Brothers Correspondence

Letter from Olmsted Brothers notifying Joseph & Joseph that they were to adjust plans and required prints of the building and architectural elevations.

1924-11-11, Joseph & Joseph Architecture Company

Olmsted Brothers Correspondence

Letter from Joseph & Joseph to Olmsted Brothers explaining that members of the Board of Regents chose the site of the new classroom building.

1924-11-10, Morehead State Normal School, Frank Button

Olmsted Brothers Correspondence

Letter from President Button to Olmsted Brothers explaining that excavation for the new classroom building had begun.

1924-11-07, Olmsted Brothers Landscape Architects Company

Olmsted Brothers Correspondence

Letter from Olmsted Brothers to President Button that Joseph & Joseph's sketches do not match with their preliminary layout plans.

1924-11-07, Olmsted Brothers Landscape Architects Company

Olmsted Brothers Correspondence

Letter from Olmsted Brothers to Joseph & Joseph addressing conflicts in their classroom building sketch and their preliminary layout plans.

1924-11-05, Joseph & Joseph Architecture Company

Olmsted Brothers Correspondence

Letter from Joseph & Joseph stating they failed to send plans with last correspondence.

1924-11-04, Joseph & Joseph Architecture Company

Olmsted Brothers Correspondence

Letter from Joseph & Joseph to Olmsted Brothers fulfilling request for sketch of where new classroom building will be constructed.

1924-10-27, Olmsted Brothers Landscape Architects Company

Olmsted Brothers Correspondence

Letter from Olmsted Brothers asking if plans were accepted by the Board of Regents.

1924-09-25, Morehead State Normal School, Frank Button

Olmsted Brothers Correspondence

Letter by President Button that plans were received.

1924-09-18, Olmsted Brothers Landscape Architects Company

Olmsted Brothers Correspondence

Letter from Olmsted Brothers noting they will send blueprints of plans for the Morehead campus. The letter also details future building and road locations.

1924-08-14, Morehead State Normal School, Frank Button

Olmsted Brothers Correspondence

Letter from President Button that he will send the accepted plans immediately and that property will be purchased for entryway to campus.

1924-08-11, Olmsted Brothers Landscape Architects Company

Olmsted Brothers Correspondence

Letter from Olmsted Brothers noting they will provide a preliminary layout plan for the Board of Regents.

1924-08-05, Morehead State Normal School, Frank Button

Olmsted Brothers Correspondence

Letter from President Button requesting a sketch of buildings and roads for Morehead campus.

1924-07-31, Olmsted Brothers Landscape Architects Company

Olmsted Brothers Correspondence

Location for classroom decided.

1924-07-31, Olmsted Brothers Landscape Architects Company

Olmsted Brothers Correspondence

Olmsted Brothers describe campus plans to Joseph & Joseph.